"Mullet with Headlights"

I think it's about time I write a little post about this girl...

This is Lawren, L. Whips, L. Dub, Law Dawg, or in other words, one of my best friends.

When we were in Young Women in

my parents ward, her parents old ward,

we became friends the last couple years of being Laurels.

We were inseparable at church and wednesday activties,

but when it came to school and basically anywhere besides church activties,

we acted like we didn't know each other.

No reason except that we had different "groups" in high school.

She left to Rexburg, ID as soon as she graduated.

One day, she wrote me on facebook asking if I knew who,

Allred

was, and of course I did and I got excited like I do!

HAHA.

I sent her a few songs of them, and explained everything I knew about them.

She told me that John was playing a concert up there two nights in a row.

Without even thinking I had invited myself to stay up there with her and that we were going to go together.

She definately thought I was crazy, but I apparently did not care!

The same time as I was up in Idaho, Leslie was having Ryan.

I was getting VERY home sick so I left and raced home...

resulting in a speeding ticket.

We hardly talked much after that trip because of how weird and random it was that I went up there to see John Allred play a show and how I had invited myself.

Lawren came home after her semester was over which was before Christmas.

I knew she was home, but I never called her to hang out.

Her parents moved out of our ward to a different ward in our stake,

so we never saw each other at church anymore like we used to.

My parents kept telling me I should call her to hang out with her since I had no other friends to hang out with at the time.

Finally, one night I was invited to go hang out Eric Guerra, Christian Terry, and Skylar Sanford. I didn't want to go alone, so 10pm I gave Lawren a call. I explained to her how "I know this is random but..." and she said she'd come!

After that night, we were inseparable AGAIN.

This time it was outside of church not just at church.

We spent a total of 5 days apart from January to April.

We went on trips together, we ate dinner together, we even slept together.

Like I said, INSEPARABLE.

We were like sisters

We've been apart for a while now because she has been living in Rexburg still.

But I still feel like she's my sister.

I would take a bullet for this girl.

L. Whips,

I love you so much!

I hope you always know that!

I may not show it all the time, but I really do love you.

You mean the world to me.

You're my best friend and you always will be.

FOREVER FRIENDS.

Love,

B. Morgs

And I guess this post wouldn't really be complete without a picture of these boys.

They were also with us constantly from January to April.

We were a great foursome.

No drama.

Unless Berto stole Ian's Yoshi on Mario Bros.

I think Lawren would agree to this,

I/WE MISS THEM!

"Berts and Schnookums"

Unfortunately, this is the only picture of all four of us together!

And yes, Ian looks like a hippie (:

Post Surgery Details

To read about my mom's surgery and the Post Surgery details click here!

Meanwhile, here is a picture that I'm in love with lately!

Have a Wonderful Wednesday!

Oh and ps.

I'm going to miss these boys while they are visiting family in Minnesota...

Happy Birthday

Cut the Cake

John McCutcheon

"It makes me think of the good old days
Happy birthday to you
You sure grew out of your baby ways
Happy birthday to you
27th birthday we wish you many more
Health and wealth and friends by the score
Cut the cake and let's eat some more
Happy birthday to you"

Happy Birthday Brother!

I love you so much!

Thank you for all that you've done for me.

I couldn't have asked for a better oldest brother!

Have a wonderful birthday today.

You deserve it.

Love

BM

A Trip To The ER #2....

Yesterday, my mom went out to walk to the dog.

As she was walking, she saw Bentley slip on some ice, so she tried to get around it, but ended up slipping too.

She landed on her wrist while Bentley ran down the street (stupid dog).

She went after him and got him inside. She went to my dad and told him that she thinks she broke her wrist.

My dad looked at it and just by looking at it knew it didn't look good.

They called our friend Curtis Johnson who is a hand specialist.

He told them to go to either Utah Valley Hospital or Orem Community Hospital.

They chose to go to Orem Community because it is usually less crowded.

Curtis Johnson had told my dad to call him when they got to the hospital.

So they did, and Curtis came down to take a look.

They took some x rays and ended up putting her under so they could move some bones around.

The doctors told her that on a scale of 1-10, 10 being the worst break, she was at a 10.5

It wasn't looking good and they said that she'd have to go into surgery.

They scheduled surgery for today at 2pm.

While she was in the ER, her blood pressure wasn't going up and they didn't want to release her until it had.

The anti-nausea medication that they had her on was making her sick, so they tried 2 other medications to see if that helped. Finally the last one worked and her blood pressure got to where they wanted it.

They released her from the ER around 3pm.

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Today, she got a call from the doctor that he could get her in at 12 instead of 2 if she'd like to do that.

She was very ready to get this over with so she said that'd be fine.

They got to the hospital at 11 this morning and got admitted into the OR around 1pm.

It is scheduled to be an hour and a half procedure and she should be able to be home by 4pm.

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Thank you to everyone who has been praying for her!

She needed it. She was very nervous (who wouldn't be), for the surgery.

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Post Surgery Status:

Around 1pm, my mom finally went in for surgery. It was about an hour and half surgery.

They gave her a block anesthetic, which means, they numbed her whole arm from the shoulder down.

The reason for this was so that they would not need to sedate her as much as they had the day before.

They gave her a conscious sedation like you would recieve to get your wisdom teeth out.

When Dr. Johnson got in there, it was a lot worse than a 10.5 like he had thought before.

None the less, the surgery was very successful.

They placed plates, screws, and wires in her wrist.

At about 3:30pm-4pm she was out of the ER and on her way home.

The doctors told her to stay up on her medications because it is easier to keep the pain away than to fight the pain when it comes.

She was happy as can be after surgery, which was a total improvement to how she felt the day before!

The effects of her whole arm being numb was very amusing to her. She kept laughing because she thought that her arm was in a different place than it was. She felt it one place but looked down and it was in a totally different place.

Doctors told her not to do anything for the first 24 hours.

She has a post OP appointment in about 2 weeks.

All is well!

This is a picture the doctor drew.

The "routine" is of a average break on that bone in your wrist.

The "Sue!!" is how my mom broke it.

The black is the bones and how they are broken, the blue is the plates and wires to fix it.

This is her xray

Sista From Another Mista

I love everything about this girl too.

My Valentines Day was actually decent for once because of this little wallpost I woke up to from facebook!

Michelle Bird

Come visit me... I'm home! Or maybe I'll visit you and get a sandwich while I'm down there.... or maybe you should come visit me and bring me a sandwich :) Either way, come see me :)

I woke up to a notification from Facebook

Saying that "Michelle Bird commented on my wall".

I got really excited because it was a "real" notification, as I like to call them.

I read it and started jumping up and down in my bed.

She's back from Washington and here for good!

YAY!

Look at how gorgeous this girl is!!

Love you Michelle!

Can't wait to see you this weekend!

Love,

Bailey

"laughter is a smile that bursts"

Fun Facts about H Money:

1. she cannot burp

2. she can't decide what she wants to Major in

3. she loves peanut butter

4. she dips her burritos in ketchup

5. she hates feeling a heartbeat in her fingers

(taking a pulse)

6. she has to wash every dish BEFORE placing it in the dishwasher

7. she has worked at Home Depot for over a year

8.  she was a 4.0 student in high school

9. she is very athletic

10. she only gets hiccups when she laughs too hard

I love everything about this girl.



Last night this happened to us.

We started laughing for no reason and we could not stop.

Therefore resulting in Heather having to fall asleep with hiccups.

Love you H Money 

She's the Milk to my Cereal

Yesterday was a good day

but for some reason

something felt off.

I felt

EMPTY?

I didn't feel as happy as I should have

since my day was in no way a bad one.

I went to work

and

got a lot done.

I went to the Carl Bloch Exhibit

at BYU

with my family.

I spent the whole day

with my family.

After Magleby's Fresh

Chase and I

picked up Emily

and went to

Velour Live Music Gallery.

We listened to some

good singers

bad singers

young singers

old singers

drunk singers

sober singers.

It was a good night,

Topher is an amazing singer.

When I walked

into my apartment

I saw what I was

missing

all day.

Heather.

We had not seen each other all day.

You have to realize,

every day,

at one o'clock,

I get home for lunch and we play

Super Mario Bros.

Every day,

I get home from work and we play
Super Mario Bros.

Yesterday,

that never happened.
We didn't see each other once
or even text each other once
until 10pm.

How did we cure this emptyness that I speak of?

We cuddled on my bed,

took turns telling about our days,

sang to each other,

basically,

just loved each other.
We're Best Friends
It's what we do.

Believe in Something

                                             -Joshua James

Photo Courtesy of Roah Beisinger

The next night after Chase got home (2/4/11), 

we went to the Joshua James concert at Velour Live Music Gallery. 

Nothing better to bring Chase back to reality than a Joshua James concert!

We forgot to take pictures so I apologize for that.

The monday before Chase got home I wrote him and asked him if he'd like to go to this concert.

He replied back saying, "I wanted to take you on my first date when I got home so that'd be perfect!"

So we went to Taco Bell, then down to Velour.

It was a very good concert.

We both love Joshua James a lot.

Then we went to Chase's friends house (Robbie Larson) to say hi.

It was a fun night and I loved spending that time with Chase.

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The next night, (2/5/11) Chase's friend Kirk and I planned to have all his friends over for Pizza.

It was an awesome night for all these boys and some of the girls to get together after 3 or 4 years of not seeing each other.

People that came:

Kirk Robison, Russell & Lizzy Shawcroft, Matt & Charlotte Saguibo, Houston Reynolds, Kawaii Kauo, Andy McDonald, Fode, Whitney Nelson, Ashley Fisher, AliciaPeterson, Tina, TJ, &Toy Salmon, Steven & Laura Suprise and Chris Nelson.

It was a lot of fun to see all these boys together again. The only one still on a mission right now is Todd Salmon, so when he gets home the gang will be back together again!

When the party died down Chase's friends took him to the new Provo Beach Resort in the Riverwoods to show him how much that has changed.

(no pictures)

When he got back Kirk, Me, and Jon Dunkley watched Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince to get Chase caught up.

Naturally, he fell asleep during a couple parts, but all in all, he loved it!

Next on the list,

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows part 1

(Chase brought it home from Guatemala, it's even a good copy!)

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Sunday was the Annual Super Bowl Party at the Morgan house.

We had all the normal people plus more, come over for food and to watch the Green Bay Packers and Steelers in the Super Bowl.

Rasmussens, Moons, Olsens, Harrisons, Morgans,

and all the others that came too (way too many to name)

Thanks to everyone that came that made it a great party!

Can't wait until next year!

(no pictures again...i need to get better!)

ACCIO...

After 2 loooong but fast years, my best friend-my brother, is home!

He arrived around 4:00pm on February 3, 2011.

There was lots of discussion/arrguments the days before Chase was coming home between Kendrick and I on who would win in the race to Chase at the airport.

Let's just say that, I beat Kendrick to Chase but Kendrick beat Me to the stairs.

Chase coming down the stairs.

Sign #1

Sign #2

First Hug

Phill and Chase

(I don't have a picture of Vince or Katie hugging Chase)

Kendrick showing Chase his sign.

Waving the flag of Guatemala

Phill and Leslie Morgan family.

Vince and Katie Morgan family.

Me, Mom, Chase, and Dad.

Brother and Sister

Brother(s) and Sister.

Brothers.

It's been good to have him back.

His first meal after the airport was to Rumbi Island Grill, in SLC. no pictures...

We drove straight home and to the church to have him released.

After, we went home Chase started unloading his 2 big suitcases full of Souvenirs.

Basically 2 full bags of bright COLORS!

It was so neat to see all the fun colors and things he brought home.

Everything he pulled out screamed, "Chase!"

After going through all his things we went to the Care Center to see Lana, maybe one last time.

I love my brother and I'm so happy to have him home!

He Raised The Bar

Elder Morgan was called to serve in the

Guatemala Quetzaltenango Mission

on

January 28, 2009

in July 2010 he was issued another mission call to serve in the

Guatemala, Retalhuleu Mission

for the last 6 months of his mission.

Today,

February 3, 2011 at 4:07pm

Elder Chase Morgan

will be in Salt Lake City.

He served

a full time mission

as a happy missionary

giving it his all until the very end.

I couldn't be more proud of my brother!

He truly gave 110% to the Lord on his mission.

He is such a role model for everyone that knows him!

I wanted to share with you his last letter of the mission....

Enjoy!

Dad, Mom, and Family

Wow!  Its here.  Its here and i still dont believe it.  It still hasnt really hit me.  I think it will be just like you said about you guys...i probably wont really feel it until i am on the way to the airport haha.  It really is so weird to think that the time has come.  I dont know what im going to do when i get home either.  All i know is that im going to FREEZE!!!  I get super cold when it gets down to like 55 degrees.  The good thing is that we have a fireplace, hot showers, and nice coats to keep me warm haha. 

Well this past week has been a great one.  It feels good to say, i worked hard, did my best, and i feel good about it.  It really is so satisfying to be able to say that i endured to the end.  Its not always easy, but it is definitely worth it!  We were working pretty hard to get our baptisms all ready, and to help the zone with all their baptisms and interviews and everything.  We finished up with 2 baptisms this last week, and we had 13 baptisms in the zone.  One area baptized a family of 8!  It was soo awesome.  To finish off the month, the zone finished with 23 baptisms!  The most this zone had ever had was 14 before.  As we were working throughout the week we were always in contact with the office, and we kept asking, how are the other zones doing?  And as of thursday we were in first place with 23, the next had 22.  I was so excited and happy until friday night they told us that the zone with 22 put like 4 more baptism dates to take the lead by 3.  I was happy for them, but pretty sad at the same time haha.  The worst part is is that we had 4 other people that we could have baptized, but are going to get baptized next week.  It was a bummer.  Mostly because the zone leader there, Elder Grover was my companion in the MTC and we are going home together so i really wanted to beat him this month haha.  But we both finished on a great note.  The mission baptized more people this month than in any other previous month.  I feel really happy about the work we have been able to do.  What a blessing it is to help people enter into the waters of baptism to make this sacred convenant with the Lord.  I am so blessed to have been able to witness this miracle.

So thats pretty much how the week went.  We were visiting the 2 baptisms a lot and teaching a few others that are really close to baptism.  It was such an amazing experience being able to testify with all my heart and love to them for the last time.  There is nothing like it.  It was an exciting week full of hard work and a lot of running around, getting everything organized, finding more baptism clothes, inviting people to the stake conference, and having a good time.  The baptisms went really awesome too.  And, for the first time in my life, i confirmed the kid that i baptized.  What an amazing experience.  It might sound weird that i havent ever confirmed anyone, but we always try to have the members do it.  But this time, the bishop invited us to do the confirmations.  There was such a great spirit there, and we had a few investigators there that really enjoyed it.  This next month should be a great one for our area.  The sad part is that my companion got transfered also, and they are going to bring in 2 new zone leaders.  I have no idea why.  It was cool also, cause in the baptism, our convert of 2 weeks gave the message!  She was so nervous but gave one of the most impressing testimonies i have heard in my life.  The church is true!  What a blessing it is to see how the gospel changes the lives of these people.  I am going to miss it so much!

Anyways, thats about it for the week.  Except that today we got to go play mini golf as a zone for the great work they did this month!  It was a blast.  But i will be seeing you on Thursday!  I love you all! Thanks for your support, prayers, and examples.  I would just like to close with my testimony.

 

These past 2 years have come and gone, sometimes it seems like not too much has happened, but when i truly look back on these 2 years, i see how these last 2 years have truly, without a doubt, changed my life.  I never really understood anything before my mission.  I knew i should do the right things in my life, but i had no idea what that really meant.  I now have a true, firm testimony of the things that i have been teaching these wonderful people of Guatemala.  I know that Jesus Christ is my Savior, and my love for Him is intensely great.  I know that Joseph Smith is a prophet of God, and that through him, the gospel of Jesus Christ has been restored.  I know that the proof of all this is The Book of Mormon.  I know it is the word of God, and the guide to happiness in our life.  I know that faith, repentance, baptism, the reception of the Holy Ghost, and enduring to the end are vital steps to return to the presence of our Loving Heavenly Father, and that we have the authority to perform these ordinances.  I know He loves us, and that His plan for us is perfect.  I know that through keeping the Lords commandments, we will be immediately blessed.  Its not always easy, and it will be a constant struggle against the natural man, but through diligence, obedience, repentance, and the love of Jesus Christ, we can become more and more perfect each and every day.

One of my biggest goals has been, and i hope you have noticed, is to always stay happy.  Through the good times and the bad, we must always stay happy!  This is the best time of my life, why wouldn’t i be happy?  Every day should be the best day of our lives, and every day through our trials, we will learn how to become more like God.  What an experience!  As the beloved Elder Wirthlin said, "Come what may, and Love it"  I know that we all have angels on our side, guiding us through life, helping us every day, and protecting us.  In a blessing i received i was told, One day, you will realize that Gods hand has been in your life all along.  Oh how true that is.  I have felt His love, and he has guided me, making me an instrument in his hands to perform miracles in the lives of many people, but mainly my own.

I am so grateful for this wonderful opportunity i have had, to serve, and love the people of Guatemala.  By this small act of service i have been able to understand just a little better the mission our Lord and Savior.  He is the perfect example of Charity, Service, Obedience, Humility, Diligence, and many other qualities of which i hope to develop more fully in my life.  But to be able to see the changes and sacrifices the people have made in their life, i have truly been blessed and strengthened.  As you said Dad, "You serve, He blesses you, you serve more to repay Him for your blessings, and He blesses you even more.  It is one eternal round."  I am so grateful for the Love of our Savior Jesus Christ, and I am so grateful for this wonderful opportunity i have had to serve His children, and help them enter into the way of eternal salvation and joy.  What a blessing these things are in my life.  I know they are true.

In the name of Jesus Christ, Amen

Love, Elder Morgan

The Beginning.

The End.

A Trip To The E.R.

After eating our Mac N' Cheese,

the boys stipped down to their undies

and we started painting.

Finished Product

Kendrick-3 years old, Ryan-1 1/2 years old

 Happy boy playing with Grandpa while we were finishing the poster.

After the poster was done,

we were cleaning up the paint and just sitting around when the trauma happened.

Grandma Morgan was sitting by the fireplace with Ryan next to her.

He, being the stinker he is, got the remote and changed something on the TV.

So grandma turned around to grab the remote and started fixing what Ryan had done,

when Ryan snuck behind her and touched the glass of the fireplace.

We hurried and grabbed him and put his whole forearm in water, then loaded on the Aloe Vera.

As the burn started to become more apparent, we realized that it looked a lot worse than we thought.

We called our neighbor Callie, who happens to be a Nurse in the ER.

No answer.

So my dad and I jumped in the car with a blanket wrapped around Ryan and drove to her house.

Her car wasn't there so we figured she was at work.

We went to pick Phill up at the Daily Herald, and then raced over to the ER

where Karen (leslie's mom-ryan's grandma) was working.

She met us outside and took us in right away.

By this point, Ryan had stopped screaming for the most part,

until someone he didn't know would touch him or look at him.

We got sent back to the Fast Track of the hospital where the doctor came in to take a look.

He checked the burn to see

1. if it was a circumference burn around his pinkie finger and arm

2. how severe the burn was.

He informed us that the biggest thing you need to worry about with a burn on an infant is if the burn goes around the circumference of the finger or arm. If Ryan's had, we would have been admitted to the burn unit.

Luckily it wasn't, it was only down the outside of his arm and finger.

The doctor then explained that the reason burns hurt people is because those nerve endings are being exposed to air. That is why when we put our burn in water it feels better.

When you recieve a burn you should, submerge the burn in cool water (not cold), then place a dry cloth over it to shield it from the air.

The doctor decided that it was probably a 2nd Degree burn.

They were worried when they touched the middle of the burn and Ryan didn't react that it would be a 3rd Degree burn, but with 2 doctors opinions they ruled out the 3rd Degree burn idea.

The doctor/nurses placed some soothing medicine on Ryan's left arm and wrapped itloosely in gauze.

He stopped screaming after that.

The whole ride home, he just sat on my lap (I know..Illegal...), and didn't move.

He was still in shock from what had all just happened.

Right when we got back to Grandma and Grandpa Morgan's house, he saw Kendrick and instantly started laughing. Everything Kendrick did, Ryan laughed so hard at.

Ryan was happy the rest of the night.

Ryan's face the whole night basically until Kendrick started making him laugh.



picture from 2/1/11, looks basically the same as yesterday



I am just so glad that I was with my parents when it happened, I don't think I would have known how to handle that as well as they did.

Thank you Mom and Dad!

Thank you Karen for being at work!

All in all, it was a LONG night, but we survived it!

Ryan has to go in on Thursday to get it rechecked to make sure it's healing properly.

It hasn't yet blistered, but it definately will.

Ryan was such a brave 1 1/2 year old!